A president's last cup of coffeeWhile attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY, on September 6, 1901, President William McKinley paused to have a cup of coffee. Moments later, anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him dead. McKinley died several days later, and his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, became president. This cup, which supposedly held McKinley's last drink, was donated to the Smithsonian in 1967. According to the donor, her mother-in-law served as a hostess at the Pan-American Exposition and received the cup from one of her assistants after the assassination.

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William McKinley, born January 29, 1843, Niles, OH; died September 14, 1901, Buffalo, NY